KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 (Bernama) -- Singapore opposition party, the Workers’ Party (WP), has declined to nominate another party member as the new Leader of the Opposition (LO).
In a statement, WP said the party had responded to Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Wednesday regarding the vacancy of the post.
“The Workers’ Party takes the view that the leader of the largest opposition party in Parliament is the leader of the opposition.
“As such, the Workers’ Party has conveyed to the Prime Minister that we will not be nominating another Workers’ Party Member of Parliament to the LO post,” it said, Wednesday.
The party added that it would continue to focus on its primary duty – to work for Singaporeans and provide a rational, responsible and respectable check on the government.
The LO post became vacant after Wong removed WP’s secretary-general, Pritam Singh, from the position with immediate effect on Jan 15, a day after Parliament voted to express its view that his conviction and conduct rendered him unsuitable to continue in the role.
In February 2025, Singh was convicted by the District Court on two counts of lying to Parliament’s Committee of Privileges (COP). His appeal to the High Court in December 2025 was also dismissed.
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